Hazlehurst Hall, Ambler Thorn, Queensbury

The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913. Near Hill House lane. It as a fine old homestead, charming in its appearance of antiquity and beautifully situated. Small leaded windows are set in its ivy-clad walls and in front is a stone paved courtyard. Over the main entrance it is dated ‘TER, 1724’, Timothy and Elizabeth Ramsden who rebuilt it at that period. The present drawing room contains a beautiful antique mantel piece, painted and inscribed ‘TER, 1724’ with two faces carved on it. In the Chamber is the remnant of the old pulpit used by the Baptists in 1771 to 1773, when divine service was held there previous to the erection of the Baptist Chapel at Queensbury in 1773. PH/28.